[PATCH v7 04/12] tools: mkeficapsule: add man page
Ilias Apalodimas
ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org
Thu Nov 25 12:13:31 CET 2021
On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 at 06:33, AKASHI Takahiro
<takahiro.akashi at linaro.org> wrote:
>
> Add a man page for mkeficapsule command.
>
> Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi at linaro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> doc/mkeficapsule.1 | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 96 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 doc/mkeficapsule.1
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 6db5354322fe..813674eb2898 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -722,6 +722,7 @@ S: Maintained
> T: git https://source.denx.de/u-boot/custodians/u-boot-efi.git
> F: doc/api/efi.rst
> F: doc/develop/uefi/*
> +F: doc/mkeficapsule.1
> F: doc/usage/bootefi.rst
> F: drivers/rtc/emul_rtc.c
> F: include/capitalization.h
> diff --git a/doc/mkeficapsule.1 b/doc/mkeficapsule.1
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..837e09ab451e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/mkeficapsule.1
> @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
> +.TH MAEFICAPSULE 1 "May 2021"
> +
> +.SH NAME
> +mkeficapsule \- Generate EFI capsule file for U-Boot
> +
> +.SH SYNOPSIS
> +.B mkeficapsule
> +.RB [\fIoptions\fP] " \fIcapsule-file\fP"
> +
> +.SH "DESCRIPTION"
> +The
> +\fBmkeficapsule\fP
> +command is used to create an EFI capsule file for use with the U-Boot
> +EFI capsule update.
> +A capsule file may contain various type of firmware blobs which
> +are to be applied to the system and must be placed in the specific
> +directory on the UEFI system partition. An update will be automatically
> +executed at next reboot.
> +
> +Optionally, a capsule file can be signed with a given private key.
> +In this case, the update will be authenticated by verifying the signature
> +before applying.
> +
> +\fBmkeficapsule\fP supports two different format of image files:
> +.TP
> +.I raw image
> +format is a single binary blob of any type of firmware.
> +
> +.TP
> +.I FIT (Flattened Image Tree) image
> +format
> +is the same as used in the new \fIuImage\fP format and allows for
> +multiple binary blobs in a single capsule file.
> +This type of image file can be generated by \fBmkimage\fP.
> +
> +.SH "OPTIONS"
> +One of \fB--fit\fP or \fB--raw\fP option must be specified.
> +
> +.TP
> +.BI "-f, --fit \fIfit-image-file\fP"
> +Specify a FIT image file
> +
> +.TP
> +.BI "-r, --raw \fIraw-image-file\fP"
> +Specify a raw image file
> +
> +.TP
> +.BI "-i, --index \fIindex\fP"
> +Specify an image index
> +
> +.TP
> +.BI "-I, --instance \fIinstance\fP"
> +Specify a hardware instance
> +
> +.TP
> +.BI "-h, --help"
> +Print a help message
> +
> +.TP 0
> +.B With signing:
> +
> +\fB--private-key\fP, \fB--certificate\fP and \fB--monotonic-count\fP are
> +all mandatory.
> +
> +.TP
> +.BI "-p, --private-key \fIprivate-key-file\fP"
> +Specify signer's private key file in PEM
> +
> +.TP
> +.BI "-c, --certificate \fIcertificate-file\fP"
> +Specify signer's certificate file in EFI certificate list format
> +
> +.TP
> +.BI "-m, --monotonic-count \fIcount\fP"
> +Specify a monotonic count which is set to be monotonically incremented
> +at every firmware update.
> +
> +.TP
> +.BI "-d, --dump_sig"
> +Dump signature data into *.p7 file
> +
> +.PP
> +.SH FILES
> +.TP
> +.BI "\fI/EFI/UpdateCapsule\fP"
> +The directory in which all capsule files be placed
> +
> +.SH SEE ALSO
> +.B mkimage
> +
> +.SH AUTHORS
> +Written by AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi at linaro.org>
> +
> +.SH HOMEPAGE
> +http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/WebHome
> --
> 2.33.0
>
Acked-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org>
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